Boundaries
for String Orchestra (2004-05) Duration: approx 5:30Published by Kenter Canyon Music (ASCAP)Originally written for String Quintet, Boundaries
for String Orchestra was revised in 2004 and 2005 and performed
several times at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts and in the
2005 Orchestral Festival, Landisville, PA. under the direction of
Dr. Michael T. Jamanis. Most recently, Boundaries was performed by The New Millenium Chamber Orchestra under the direction of James Frieman. A strong, bold, tonal work which had its
genesis from a boundary dispute I was having with a neighbor.

Courage (2000)2222 4331 2 perc, timp, stgs
Duration: approx 5:00
Published by Kenter Canyon Music(ASCAP)Commissioned by Ivan Shulman and The
Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra
A bold, powerful works, rhythmic and melodic with underlying snare
drum military-like heartbeat. Opening melody from the brass is taken
over by the woodwinds and then the strings. Easy to moderate for
strings, more difficult for horns but worth it! Piccolo players
love this piece. An outgrowth of my battle with Breast Cancer, Courage speaks to the strength in all of us to overcome adversity in our
lives. Particularly suitable for patriotic programming as well as
an opener for most any concert. Most recent performances include The Houston Symphony, Kirk Smith conducting, The Hewlett-Packard
Symphony Orchestra and The
Cherokee Symphony. The Los Angeles
Doctors Symphony Orchestra has performed it many times, as have
numerous other community and youth orchestras including The Dubuque
Youth Orchestra, Brian Hughes conducting, The
Kona Chamber Symphony Orchestra with Ken Staton conducting,
and Northern Arizona University Symphony under the direction of
Kirk Smith.

Homeward Bound (2017)2131 3211 perc, hp, stgs
Duration: approx 8:00Published by Kenter Canyon Music(ASCAP)Commissioned in 2017 by The Holyoke Symphony Orchestra, David Kidwell, Music Director, "HOMEWARD BOUND" welcomes the men and women home who have served in wars and given service to our country. An upbeat, worthwhile work for moderate to advanced orchestras.

Images: Sunrise (1998)2131 3211 perc, hp, stgs
Duration: approx 8:00Published by Kenter Canyon Music(ASCAP)Performed by The Peter Meremblum Youth Orchestras
in Los Angeles, IMAGES was composed with the help of a Meet The
Composers grant and The Margaret Jory Music Copying Assistance Program.
Lively, melodic and fun to play, moderately easy with something
for everyone!

Interiors (2003)For string orchestra
Duration: ca. 7:30Published by Kenter Canyon Music(ASCAP)
Thanks to Jeannie
Pool who created the wonderful concert series, In Praise of
Music, Interiors was commissioned for the final concert of the 2002-2003
season. This work is part of a larger work-in-progress for string
orchestra. As I envision it at this time (and times always change!),
it will be the inner movement of a series of Dialogues. The mood
of the work is an outgrowth of our world situation. The opening
section engages an inverted interval that suggests memories of our
childhood. This motif weaves its way through the instruments and
settles into the middle section of triplets like children playing
hide and seek. Though the work is pensive and sometimes somber,
it also addresses the hopes for our futures and those of our children. Most recemtly,
Interiors was performed by the United States Army Strings in Washington, DC under their marvelous director, Maj. TodA. Addison.Serenade For Alto Sax, Trumpet, and Orchestra
(1997)3 fl (db picc, alt sax), 23 (dB
ten sax) 2 4441 2 perc, drum set, timp, hp, pn, stgs
Duration: approx 9:00
Published by NewAm MusicSERENADE FOR TRUMPET, ALTO SAXOPHONE
AND ORCHESTRA interweaves the genres of classical and jazz musical
forms. Commissioned by the American Jazz Philharmonic for the
Henry
Mancini Institute that encourages bridging the gap between the
two musical art forms. SERENADE attempts to blur the lines by
using Wachet Auf, a melody by J.S. Bach, as a tool
to bring a17th century melody into the 21st century. It also
communicates
how the rhythms of Bach easily transcend the four century barrier.
Bach has always been a wonderful tool in the teaching of classical
music to young people because of its rhythmic bed and clear melodic
and harmonic structure. A terrific, fun piece for the musicians,
stepout parts for tpt, alto sax, horns, and jazz band. Some meter
changes, needs a trumpet player with a high C (although it can
be
transposed down). The premiere performance, which I had the good
fortune to conduct, got a standing ovation!Sound Mass (2003)1111 1110 hp perc strings
Duration: 2:50

Western
Suite2222 4331 perc timp hp pn strngs
Duration: approx 11:30
Published by Kenter Canyon Music(ASCAP)"Western Suite" was a FINALIST for The American Prize 2013 in the Orchestra Division. Commissioned by Ivan Shulman and The
Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra and premiered by them
in Santa Barbara, CA. A warm, colorful, tuneful programmatic piece
describing the west where I grew up, Western Suite (aka Montana
Morning) is Coplandesque with interesting twists and turns. Numerous
professional and community orchestras have performed Western Suite across the country. Moderate in difficulty, an outstanding trumpet
player is needed. Though this piece is scored with harp and piano, it
has been performed successfully on numerous occasions without one
or both. Recent performances include The
Virginia Symphony, Wes Kenney conducting two performances, The Conway
Symphony, John Roscigno conducting an All American Program, The Old Post Road Symphony, Neal Schermerhorn conducting,
The Hewlett-Packard
Symphony Orchestra, George Yefchek conducting, Culver City Symphony Orchestra, Frank Fetta, conductor and Music Director, and The Southeast Symphony, Anthony Parnther, Music Director and conductor.

"Western Suite" was released on a CD recorded by The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in Australia
with Sean O'Boyle conducting. Titled Soliliquy, the CD was released on ABC Classics. Other
North American composers on this wonderful album include Nancy Bloomer Deussen, Carson Coonan, Jennifer Higdon, and
Robert Wendel. For more details, go to their website.

As a native of the American West, I have always been deeply affected
by the large scale of the vast landscapes and craggy shapes that
dominate our region. In "Western Suite", I've attempted
to draw from my well of emotional interior images and interpret
them musically. I have chosen to use the programmatic (rather than
absolute) language of music to paint aural pictures through open
melodies and harmonies contrasted with minimalistic techniques.
Ivan Shulman heard a short piece of mine titled "Buffalo Girls"
and encouraged me to expand it. And so the first movement of "Western
Suite" was conceived. The Suite opens with a solo oboe playing
a tranquil melody representing a sunrise and as the sun grows in
the sky, more instruments are added to fill in the harmonic landscape.
A solo trumpet heralds the beginning of the work day as the strings
pizzicato in syncopation to the Hoedown melody. The horns join the
hoedown "dance" melody and transition into a lyrical section
for solo oboe, winds and strings conjuring up pictures of a vast,
purple sky. A transition into another dancelike section using muted
trombones in rhythmic contrast to a flute, clarinet, and violin
trio melody carries us into another lyrical section for the strings,
woodwinds, and horns. The woodwinds rhythmically pulsate in a minimalist
exercise as two trumpets "converse." Their duet/dialogue
is interrupted by the recapitulation of the opening theme now
played
by the oboe, piano, and strings. The movement closes with a flourish
of motifs of the hoedown theme played in counterpoint to the
pealing
of tubular bells, finishing with a joyful surge of orchestral
colors.